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PERREAULT v. SMITH

No. 16-1213.

874 F.3d 516 (2017)

Scott David PERREAULT, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Willie SMITH, Warden, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: October 27, 2017.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Edward F. Roche , Ropes & Gray LLP, Washington, D.C., for Appellant. Andrea M. Christensen-Brown , Office of the Michigan Attorney General, Lansing, Michigan, for Appellee. ON BRIEF: Edward F. Roche , Jonathan S. Klarfeld , Ropes & Gray LLP, Washington, D.C., Alexandra L. Roth , Ropes & Gray LLP, New York, New York, Justin G. Florence , Ropes & Gray LLP, Boston, Massachusetts, for Appellant. Andrea M. Christensen-Brown , Office of the Michigan Attorney General, Lansing, Michigan, for Appellee.

Before: CLAY, ROGERS, and SUTTON, Circuit Judges.

OPINION

In 2009, a Michigan jury convicted Scott Perreault of murdering his four-month-old daughter. He filed a habeas petition in federal court claiming that police failed to honor his request for counsel and that he received ineffective assistance of counsel at trial. The district court denied his petition. Because...

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